# Prescot

Town in Knowsley and St. Helens, North West.

Prescot is a town in Knowsley and St. Helens, North West. Median sale price £227,250 in 2025. Recorded crime 99.5 per 1,000 people. About 41,242 people.

Town. Code E63001365. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Knowsley](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley)

Prescot is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Prescot add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £227,250** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Prescot was £227,250 in 2025. 373rd cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/prescot#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 39,227** (2021). Prescot had 39,227 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 285th most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/prescot#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 65%** (2022). About 65% of people in Prescot live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/prescot#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.5%** (January 2026). In Prescot, 97.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/prescot#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001365) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 65% of people in Prescot live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63001365) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 642 homes were sold in Prescot in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63001365) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Prescot.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001365) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Prescot had 39,227 usual residents at the census.

## How Prescot compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Prescot | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £227,250 | 73rd most expensive | 161 towns, North West · 2025 |
| Population | 39,227 | 45th most populated | 161 towns, North West · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 65% | 68th most people in radon Affected Areas | 161 towns, North West · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 97.5% | 38th highest | 161 towns, North West · Jan 2026 |

## Is Prescot safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Prescot at a rate of 99.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.4 per 1,000 people across North West.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 365 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Prescot.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,633), other crime (688) and anti-social behaviour (501).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Prescot was 92.3 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

## Deprivation in Prescot, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Prescot has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Prescot

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Knowsley 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006460) | 1,533 | 162.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.7% |
| [Knowsley 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006461) | 1,441 | 80.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| [Knowsley 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006464) | 2,666 | 79.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.3% |
| [Knowsley 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006466) | 1,490 | 75.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| [Knowsley 007F](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01034834) | 1,212 | 479.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.8% |
| [Knowsley 007G](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01034835) | 1,125 | 368.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.6% |
| [Knowsley 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006459) | 1,630 | 71.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| [Knowsley 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006462) | 1,700 | 37.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| [Knowsley 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006496) | 1,401 | 104.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| [Knowsley 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006498) | 1,573 | 53.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| [Knowsley 009E](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006499) | 1,928 | 176.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.3% |
| [Knowsley 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006497) | 1,114 | 76.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Knowsley 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006500) | 1,049 | 95.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Knowsley 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006501) | 1,379 | 85.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.7% |
| [Knowsley 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006504) | 1,187 | 145.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 86.1% |
| [Knowsley 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006505) | 1,673 | 115.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| [Knowsley 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006502) | 1,645 | 60.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.2% |
| [St. Helens 018C](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006828) | 2,130 | 26.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.1% |
| [St. Helens 021A](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006890) | 1,394 | 30.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [St. Helens 021B](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006892) | 1,356 | 40.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [St. Helens 021C](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006893) | 1,325 | 125.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.0% |
| [St. Helens 021D](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006894) | 1,368 | 47.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| [St. Helens 023A](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006888) | 1,194 | 36.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [St. Helens 023B](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006889) | 1,379 | 64.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.7% |
| [St. Helens 023C](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006891) | 1,605 | 69.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.5% |
| [St. Helens 023D](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006895) | 1,398 | 19.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.4% |

## Your MP

- [St Helens South and Whiston](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/st-helens-south-and-whiston): Ms Marie Rimmer (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Councils Prescot sits in

[Knowsley](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley), [St. Helens](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens)

## Postcode districts covering Prescot

[L34](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l34), [L35](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l35)

## Middle areas in Prescot

[Prescot](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/prescot), [Rainhill North](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/rainhill-north), [Rainhill South](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/rainhill-south), [Whiston North](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/whiston-north), [Whiston South](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/whiston-south)

## Towns near Prescot

[St Helens](https://openindex.co.uk/town/st-helens), [Huyton with Roby](https://openindex.co.uk/town/huyton-with-roby), [Widnes](https://openindex.co.uk/town/widnes), [Liverpool](https://openindex.co.uk/liverpool), [Kirkby](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kirkby), [Warrington](https://openindex.co.uk/warrington)

## Prescot in brief

Prescot is a town in Knowsley and St. Helens, North West.
About 41,242 people lived in Prescot in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £227,250 in 2025 across 642 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 99.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Prescot was £227,250 in 2025.
Prescot had 39,227 usual residents at the census.
About 65% of people in Prescot live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Prescot, 97.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63001365
- Constituency: [St Helens South and Whiston †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/st-helens-south-and-whiston)
- Council: [Knowsley †](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley)
- Region: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 8.62 km²
- People, mid-2024: 41,242*
- Neighbourhoods: 26
- Output areas: 136

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[St Helens](https://openindex.co.uk/town/st-helens), [Huyton with Roby](https://openindex.co.uk/town/huyton-with-roby), [Widnes](https://openindex.co.uk/town/widnes), [Liverpool](https://openindex.co.uk/liverpool), [Kirkby](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kirkby), [Warrington](https://openindex.co.uk/warrington)

## Latest updates for Prescot

- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.
- GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63001365

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/prescot, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/prescot#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/prescot